Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 964 meters (0 to 3,163 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Caudata
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
()
- Family:
Plethodontidae
()
- Gray, 1850
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
()
- Genus:
Batrachoseps
()
- Specific name:
pacificus
- Subspecies:
major
- Scientific name: - Batrachoseps pacificus major Camp, 1915
- Subspecies:
major
- Specific name:
pacificus
- Genus:
Batrachoseps
(
- Subfamily:
Plethodontinae
(
- Family:
Plethodontidae
(
- Suborder:
Ambystomatoidea
(
- Order:
Caudata
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Batrachoseps
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. aridus (Desert Slender Salamander) · B. attenuatus (California Slender Salamander) · B. attenuatus attenuatus (California Slender Salamander) · B. campi (Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. diabolicus (Hell Hollow Slender Salamander) · B. gabrieli (San Gabriel Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. gavilanensis (Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander.) · B. gregarius (Gregarious Slender Salamander) · B. incognitus (San Simeon Slender Salamander) · B. kawia (Sequoia Slender Salamander) · B. luciae (Santa Lucia Mountains Slender Salamander) · B. major (Garden Slender Salamander) · B. major aridus (Desert Slender Salamander) · B. minor (Lesser Slender Salamander.) · B. nigriventris (Black-Bellied Slender Salamander) · B. pacificus (Channel Islands Slender Salamander) · B. regius (Kings River Slender Salamander) · B. relictus (Relictual Slender Salamander) · B. robustus (Kern Plateau Salamander) · B. simatus (Kern Canyon Slender Salamander) · B. stebbinsi (Tehachapi Slender Salamander) · B. wrighti (Oregon Slender Salamander) · B. wrightorum (Oregon Slender Salamander)
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Further Reading
- A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles / by Leonhard Stejneger and Thomas Barbour. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. url p. 9.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 93 1943 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 23.
- California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 154.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1979- url p. 15, p. 48.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2813153
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2349067
Footnotes
- Mean = 220.750 meters (724.245 feet), Standard Deviation = 540.000 based on 36 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
